Culture refers to the beliefs and ____ that surround us. People from different cultures have different expectations about how ____ people should ____ to each other, and differ in their use of personal space. The researcher ____ found that when English and ____ people had a conversation, ____ people were ____ with a personal space of between 1 and 1.5 meters, whereas Arab people were comfortable standing closer, so personal space was much less. ____ found that if English men were ____ to stand closer and give more eye contact to Arab men, they were better ____ by them. This suggests that personal space distances vary with culture. One strength of personal space research is that it has ____ applications to everyday life. It can help us avoid offending people who prefer ____ personal space. It can help doctors make patients feel comfortable. Research is helpful as it reduces ____ between people in the real world. One weakness of research studies into personal space is that only one factors is studied at a time. Many factors may be ____ personal space distances, like culture, gender and status all at the same time. By ____ only on one factor, studies may be a bit simplistic. Another weakness is that studies may involve ____ samples. The conclusions drawn about cultural, gender and status differences may not ____ to everyone. Some English men may prefer smaller personal space and some Arab men may prefer a larger distance. This means we should be ____ in generalising the findings to everyone.

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